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At 102, a WWII veteran died on his way to Normandy to commemorate D-Day
Washington Post· 19 hours agoNearly 80 years after Bob Persichitti watched the flag raised atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, ...
102-year-old WWII vet from New York dies while traveling to D-Day ceremony in France
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe witnessed the historic moment Marines raised the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the ...
Rochester WWII veteran Robert Persichitti dies at 102 on way to D-Day ceremony in France
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoEldorado sailing near Japan, when he peered through a set of binoculars and witnessed the now-iconic...
John Wayne's World War II classic available to stream free for limited time only
Daily Express· 5 hours agoOne of these shot shortly after the conflict was 1949’s Sands of Iwo Jima; a film that followed a...
102-year-old WWII vet dies en route to France for D-Day commemoration
Stars and Stripes· 4 days agoA 102-year-old World War II veteran died Friday while en route to France to take part in the...
CT Open House Day is Saturday. Here’s what you can do
Eyewitness News 3 Hartford· 7 hours ago“Some venues have seen such great success out of Open House Day where they have now added things...
Combat Camaraderie On Normandy Beach
Fox News· 13 hours agoAt 16 years old, Ronald "Rondo" Scharfe lied about his age to join the military. Though he told his parents he likely wouldn't be sent overseas until he...
WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
The Independent US via AOL· 1 day agoPersichitti had also spoken to local media himself in the past about his time with the Navy. The...
WWII Veteran Dies At 102 While Traveling To D-Day Event In France
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRobert “Al” Persichitti, who served as a radioman in the Navy and witnessed the raising of the U.S....
The story of a World War II Iwo Jima veteran from Eagle Rock
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 23 hours agoWhat he would do, was keep the diesel engines in the LST, or Landing Ship Tank-779. The battle of ...
